Trushi's:MediaCoursework

1) Radio: Introduction to Radio 2) Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 3) Radio: War of the Worlds

  Media Factsheet Read  Media Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds . You'll need your Greenford Google login to download it. Then answer the following questions: What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? War of the Worlds, a science-fiction novel by author HG Wells, was first published in 1898. It is a story of alien invasion and war between mankind and an extra-terrestrial race from Mars. In 1938, the world was on edge as Germany mobilised to invade Europe and populations feared gas attacks from another world war. In the weeks leading up to the 1938 broadcast, American radio stations had increasingly cut into scheduled programming to bring news updates from Europe on the chances of war. This meant Welles's use of radio news conventions had more of an impact on listeners who were unaware that it was a fictional radio play.   When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? Broadcast live on ...

  Newsbeat analysis Use  BBC Sounds to listen to Radio 1 . Select a Newsbeat bulletin (8am or 12.45pm are good options) and then answer the following questions:  1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to? -Politics -Sports -Celebrities 2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? Framing the content through an informal tone, quick overviews, upbeat links and audience participation. 3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?  Radio 1's remit states that it must provide news and not just music alone. Media Factsheet #246: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 1) How is the history and launch of Radio 1 summarised in the factsheet? If you studied this as part of GCSE Media you will already know much of this. Newsbeat started in 1973, it was the only radio station that people in the UK could legally listen to Radio 1 was an instant hit. The programming was mainly around entertainment 2) Look at page 3 of...

Read  this Guardian feature on the launch of BBC Sounds  and answer the following questions: Why does the article suggest that ‘on the face of it, BBC Radio is in rude health’? It has half the national market, with dozens of stations reaching more than 34 million people a week. Radio 2 alone reaches 15 million listeners a week and for  all the criticism of the Today programme  (“editorially I think it’s in brilliant shape,” says Purnell), one in nine Britons still tune in to hear John Humphrys and his co-presenters harangue politicians every week. According to the article, what percentage of under-35s used the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app? just 3% of under-35s use the iPlayer catch-up radio app What is BBC Sounds? BBC Sounds, a new app,  It will bring radio livestreams, catchup services, music mixes and podcasts together under one roof. How do audiences listen to radio content in the digital age? spotify  apple podcasts What does Jason Phipps suggest is i...

1)   Music Video: Introduction - factsheet questions 2)   Music Video: Old Town Road CSP 3) Music Video: Postcolonial theory 4) Music Video: Ghost Town CSP 5) Music Video: Postmodernism and music video

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential) WWW: Good grasp of the text and key terms. EBI: think about ways fiction texts don't construct an ideological position but follow genre conventions.  2) Read  the whole mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify at least one potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment (even if you got full marks for the question). Q1- A range of different genres are suggested on the poster – e.g. the background is almost space (sci-fi); the silver symbol in the background alludes to comic books/Marvel universe; the woman on the left suggests martial arts or kung-fu movies – this is reinforced by the faint images in the background(man in mid-air kick on right-hand side); the helicopter in the top right hints at the war movie genre. There are man...

How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? post modernism takes this concept of questioning traditional structures, representations and expectations and pushes things a step further.  What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay 'The Death of the Author'? He challenged tradition when he said that a writers opinions, intentions or interpretation of their own work are no more valid that anyone else's.  What is metatextuality? Metatextuality is where a text draws attentions to the fact that it is a text, it points to the process of its own creation.  What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? "postmodernism is a cultural movement that distrusts all established philosophies and frequently experiments with the medium it is presented in" How does postmodernism link to media representations and reality? As media audiences have become more sophisticated over the years, we realis...

Background and historical contexts Read this excellent analysis from  The Conversation website  of the impact Ghost Town had both musically and visually. Answer the following questions:  1) Why does the writer link the song to cinematic soundtracks and music hall tradition? The writer links the song to cinematic soundtracks and music hall traditions as it starts with a Hammond organ’s six ascending notes before a mournful flute solo, it paints a bleak aural and lyrical landscape. Written in E♭, more attuned to “mood music”, with nods to cinematic soundtracks and music hall tradition, it reflects and engenders anxiety 2) What subcultures did 2 Tone emerge from in the late 1970s? In the late 1970s, 2 Tone had emerged stylistically from the Mod and Punk subcultures and its musical roots and the people in it, audiences and bands, were both black and white. Ska and the...

  Wider reading on race and Old Town Road Read  this W Magazine deep dive on the Yeehaw agenda  and answer the following questions:  What are the visual cues the article lists as linked to the western genre?  Cowboy hats, cow prints, rhinestones and fringed suede jackets. How did the Yeehaw agenda come about?  In September 2018, the trend of black pop-culture figures wearing cowboy garb was dubbed the “Yeehaw Agenda” by  Bri Malandro , a Texas-based pop-culture archivist. Why has it been suggested that the black cowboy has been 'erased from American culture'?  The imagery associated with Americana has been overwhelmingly white, so much so that the  Studio Museum in Harlem even held a “Black Cowboy” exhibition  two years ago, featuring photographic works from Kahlil Joseph, Deanna Lawson, and Chandra McCormick that aimed to bring the black cowboy to the forefront of western history. How has the black cowboy aesthetic been reflected by the...